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Science Fiction Flowers for Algernon

Science Fiction Flowers for Algernon. 2011-2012. Drill 1 (11/7AGH). Take the Figurative Language Comics out Homework: Commas Handout 189-192 Figurative Language Quiz (11/9FG)(11/10AH) Comma Quiz (11/10F)(11/11AGH)

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Science Fiction Flowers for Algernon

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  1. Science FictionFlowers for Algernon 2011-2012

  2. Drill 1 (11/7AGH) • Take the Figurative Language Comics out • Homework: Commas Handout 189-192 • Figurative Language Quiz (11/9FG)(11/10AH) • Comma Quiz (11/10F)(11/11AGH) • Objective: SWBAT read and annotate a text in order to identify plot, conflict, and theme. • Drill: Category Red Answer in complete sentences. “Honesty is the best policy” is a common saying. Why do people sometimes ignore this advice?

  3. Drill 2 (11/8FGH)(11/9A) • Take out Comma homework • Homework: Figurative Language Quiz (11/9FG)(11/10AH) • Comma Quiz (11/10F)(11/11AGH) • Objective: SWBAT evaluate their progress in English in order to set goals for the second quarter. • Drill: Based on your performance in English during the first quarter, select a specific goal for second quarter and two actions to achieve this goal. • Example Goal:I will complete all homework on time. • Example Action: I will use my planner to record homework and check it off when it is done. • I will file all work in my binder or homework folder so I have it in class when I need it.

  4. Drill 3(11/9FG)(11/10AH) • Homework: Comma Quiz (11/10F)(11/11AGH) • Objective: SWBAT use structural features in order to differentiate between science fiction and fantasy. • Drill: Category Red: Fill in the blanks. • Use commas to items in a . • Use commas to two or more that come before a .

  5. Drill 4(11/10F)(11/11AGH) • Homework: Hyphen Handout p. 218 • Objective: SWBAT use structural features in order to differentiate between science fiction and fantasy. • Drill: Fill in the blanks. • 3. Use a comma before , , , , , or when it joins independent clauses in a sentence. • 4. Use commas to an expression that a sentence. • 5. Use a comma certain elements.

  6. Drill 5(11/15FG)(11/16A) • Take out Hyphen Handout • Homework: Quiz on multiple meaning words (11/21 AG)(11/22F) • Objective: SWBAT use structural features in order to differentiate between science fiction and fantasy. • Drill: What rule is used for the hyphens in the following sentence. What is the rule for the comma placement? • The amazing, nine-year-old child can play the piano like Elton John. • If you don’t know, use your notes or flashcard.

  7. Drill 5 (11/16H) • Take out Hyphen Handout • Homework: Multiple meaning Quiz 11/17 • Objective: SWBAT use structural features in order to differentiate between science fiction and fantasy. • Drill: What rule is used for the hyphens in the following sentence. What is the rule for why there is a comma between amazing and nine-year-old? • The amazing, nine-year-old child can play the piano like Elton John. • If you don’t know, use your notes or flashcard.

  8. Drill 6(11/16F)(11/17AG) • Homework: Multi-Meaning Quiz (BlocksAFG 11/21) • Objective: SWBAT use context and function in order to determine the meaning of words with multiple meanings. • Drill: Identify the subject and predicate in this sentence. Write the sentence on your drill sheet. • The only way to reach your career goals is to start reaching for them.

  9. Drill 611/17 H • Homework: Read for 20 minutes • Objective: SWBAT use context and function in order to determine the meaning of words with multiple meanings. • Drill: Identify the subject and predicate in this sentence. Write the sentence on your drill sheet. • The only way to reach your career goals is to start reaching for them.

  10. Drill 6 Answer • The only way to reach your career goals is to start reaching for them. • Way—subject of the sentence • Is—linking verb (links the infinitive phrase “to start reaching” • way is to start reaching

  11. Writer’s Workshop • You will have 7 minutes to respond to the following statement. You may start by creating a list of possible advances either medical or technical. Please conclude by writing sentences to describe what life might be like in 2075. • In 2075, humans will… • Think about how technology has changed society. Think about medical advances. What are the implications of possible new inventions?

  12. Drill 7(11/18FGH)(11/21A) • Homework: Anything not completed in class. Multiple Meaning Quiz 11/21 AG • Flipbook • Objective: SWBAT use prior knowledge in order to justify and explain how their invention would fit into the science fiction genre. • Drill: What is science fiction? Write in complete sentences.

  13. 11/21-22 • Take out invention and write up. • Homework: Select Sci-Fi or Fantasy book, get parent signature. Begin reading • Objective: SWBAT demonstrate the ability to use word function and context clues in order to define words with multiple meanings. • Drill: Clear off your desk. Put your name, date, Quiz #4 Multi Meanings, and block on the scantron.

  14. Drill 8(11/28 AFH) (11/29G) • Take out the project packet and book. • Homework: Read your project book. Complete at least one chapter. Don’t forget to post. • Last day to turn in the Invention Project is 12/2. • Objective: SWBAT develop and link prior knowledge in order to determine theme in the text. • Drill: How do you define intelligence? (Write in complete sentences—at least four sentences for a complete answer.)

  15. Drill 9 (11/29AH)(11/30FG) • Homework: Read Project Book • Quiz on Main Idea (12/2AFH)(12/5G) • Last day to turn in Invention Project 12/2 (FHG) • Objective: SWBAT use a variety of strategies to identify main idea and supporting details. • Drill: Based on the computer lab, what is your intelligence and how might knowing this help you in school?

  16. Drill 10(11/30H)(12/1AFG) • Homework: Read Project Book • Quiz on Main Idea (12/2AFH)(12/5G) • Apostrophe Packet page 212 • Objective: SWBAT identify the main idea in an informational text. • Drill: Who is the main character of your project book and what is the conflict he or she faces?

  17. Drill 11(12/2AFH)(12/5G) • Take out apostrophe packet • Homework: : Note cards due (12/8 AFH)(12/9G) • Apostrophe Quiz (12/6H)(12/7AFG) Objective: SWBAT identify topic and supporting details in order to identify main idea. • Drill: Correctly punctuate the following phrases using the possessive case. 1. The students of Mrs. Demos 2. The pencil of Bill 3. The shoes of the women Prepare drills 8,9,10,11 for collection

  18. Drill 11 Answer • 1. Mrs. Demos’ students • 2. Bill’s pencil • 3. The women’s shoes.

  19. Exit Ticket • Revise this sentence for conventions. • Mrs Demos pets Toby and Hercules love the toys of each other. • Answer: • Mrs. Demos’ pets, Toby and Hercules, love each other’s toys.

  20. Drill 12(12/5 AH)(12/6FG) • Homework: Apostrophe Quiz (12/6H)(12/7AFG) • Note cards due (12/8 AFH)(12/9G) Keep reading • Objective: SWBAT select relevant information to support a thesis in order to compose written and visual presentations. • Drill: Revise this sentence for conventions. • the students of Mrs demos study so there doing well on quizzes • Mrs. Demos’ students study, so they’re (they are) doing well on quizzes.

  21. Drill 13(12/6H)(12/7AFG) • Homework: Note cards due (12/8 AFH)(12/9G) Keep reading • Objective: SWBAT analyze text features that contribute to meaning in order to read critically and understand the text. • Drill: Revise this sentence for conventions. • the classes of everybody should of been cancelled when twentyfour inches of snow fell • Everybody’s classes should have been cancelled when twenty-four inches of snow fell.

  22. Drill 14(12/8AFH)(12/9G) • Take out three note cards. Put your name and block on the back of each one. • Homework: Read Project Book • Objective: SWBAT analyze the plot in order to understand the text. • Drill: Revise this sentence for conventions. • their is the book flowers for algernon that sixtyfive of the students of mr troy are reading • There is the book, Flowers for Algernon, that sixty-five of Mr. Troy’s students are reading.

  23. Drill 15(12/9AH)(12/12FG) • Homework: Outlines due (12/15AGH)(12/16F) • Objective: SWBAT focus and order ideas in order to draft a paper that informs the reader. • Drill: Explain why it is important for a baker to have a recipe, an architect to have building plans, or a bus driver to have directions. • Prepare drills 12,13,14, and 15 for collection.

  24. Drill 16(12/12H)(12/13AFG) • Homework: Outline Due (12/15 AGH)(12/16F) • Mood and Tone Quiz (12/15A)(12/16FGH) • Objective: SWBAT analyze language choices that create tone and mood in order to create meaning from Flowers For Algernon. • Drill: Create two flashcards: one for tone and one for mood. Definitions are on the handout. • Leave your planners open.

  25. Tone and Mood Study Guide • Write these down in your planner. • Tone • Mood • Appositive Phrase • Theme • Characterization • Hyphen Rules • Sentence Fragment

  26. Drill 17(12/14AFH)(12/15G) G Block take out outline. Homework: Outline Due ((12/15 AH)(12/16F) • Mood and Tone Quiz (12/15A)(12/16FGH) Objective: SWBAT analyze language choices that create tone and mood in order to create meaning from Flowers For Algernon. Drill: Identify the tone of this passage. Identify the words that give clues to the tone. “If the operashun works Ill show that mouse I can be as smart as he is. Maybe smarter. Then Ill be able to read better and spell and know lots of things. I want to be smart like other people”(Keyes 242).

  27. Drill 18(12/15AH)(12/16FG) • Block AH take out outline • Homework: Paper Draft Due (12/22H)(12/23AFG) • Objective: SWBAT identify language choices in order to identify tone and mood. Drill: : Identify the mood of this passage. Identify the words that give clues to the mood. “If the operashun works Ill show that mouse I can be as smart as he is. Maybe smarter. Then Ill be able to read better and spell and know lots of things. I want to be smart like other people”(Keyes 242).

  28. Drill 19(12/16H)(12/19AFG) • Block F take out outline • Homework: Paper Draft Due (12/22H)(12/23AFG) • Objective: SWBAT paraphrase and summarize passages in order to understand the text. • Drill: How would the main character of Flowers for Algernon, Charlie Gordon, write the following sentence. Write the new sentence on your drill sheet. • “Dr. Strauss says I should write down what I think and everything that happens to me from now on.”

  29. Definitions • Paraphrase: A restatement of the text in the reader’s own words. • Summarize: A retelling of the important ideas of a text.

  30. Drill 20(12/20AFH)(12/21G) • Homework: Paper Draft Due (12/22H)(12/23AFG) • Objective: SWBAT evaluate elements of plot in order to understand the theme. • Drill: Name all of Santa’s reindeer. • Write in a complete sentence. What comma rule are you following?

  31. Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, Blitzen Happy Holidays from Mrs. Demos and Mr. Troy

  32. Drill 21(12/21 AH)(12/22FG) • Homework: Paper Draft Due (12/22H)(12/23AFG) • Objective: SWBAT evaluate elements of plot in order to understand the theme. • Drill: Put a proper heading on a piece of lined paper. Title the assignment Love Letter. • Write a letter from Charlie to Miss. Kinnian. Your letter should be 5 to 7 sentences long and reflect the way Charlie thinks and writes at this point of the story.

  33. Drill 22(12/22H)(12/23AFG) • Take out your draft of the independent reading paper. • Homework: Continue reading and working on your project. Presentations due January 9-10. • Objective: SWBAT identify language choices in order to understand the story Flowers for Algernon. • Drill: Identify a theme of Flowers for Algernon based on the text. What is Daniel Keyes trying to say about the theme. • Include a page number and quote to support your answer.

  34. Drill 23(1/2AFH) (1/3G) • Homework: Independent Reading Project Paper Due • (1/6AFH)(1/9G) • Summary Quiz (1/6AFH)(1/9G) • Objective: SWBAT evaluatethe differences between the text and visual representations while focusing on the artist/director’s motives in order to further understanding of the text. • Drill Next Slide

  35. Drill 23 Assessment Review • Read the following line from the story Flowers for Algernon. • “He said I had good motivation…..He said Algernon had it too. Algernon’s motivation is the cheese they put in the box” (Keyes 242). • “Motivation” means: Explain your answer. • The desire or willingness to move • The desire or willingness to do something • The ability to do something • The ability to move • Answer: B—motivation deals with the desire not ability to do something.

  36. Drill 24(1/3AH)(1/4FG) • Homework: Independent Reading Project Paper Due • (1/6AFH)(1/9G) • Summary Quiz (1/6AFH)(1/9G) • Objective: TSWBAT summarize the text in order to demonstrate understanding of Flowers for Algernon. • Drill: next slide

  37. Drill 24Assessment Review • Choose the sentence in which the word “dread” functions in a similar way. • My dread of birds causes me problems.  • Marla dreads taking tests. • Several students are wearing dreads. • Toby dreads when Mrs. Demos goes to work. • Charlie’s dread of being laughed at made him anxious. • Answer: What part of speech is the example word? • Noun • What other sentence has the word “dread” used as a noun? • D

  38. Drill 25(1/4H)(1/5AFG) • Homework: Independent Reading Project Paper Due • (1/6AFH)(1/9G) • Presentations next week • Objective: SWBAT draft papers in order to present an argument that convinces the reader to act. • Assessment Review Question • Drill: What point of view is the story Flowers for Algernon told from? Support your answer with information from the text. Define the type of point of view you selected.

  39. Drill 26(1/6AFH)(1/9G) • Take out the Final copy of your paper. Turn in order is as follows: Rubric (name), Final, Draft, Outline, Note Cards, Reflection Sheet. Staple it all together. • Homework: Presentations begin 1/9. • Objective: SWBAT draft papers in order to present an argument that convinces the reader to act. • Drill: Complete the first question on the reflection sheet for your paper. If you did not complete the paper yet please complete this question to the best of your ability and turn it in with your paper.

  40. Drill 27(1/9AH)(1/10FG) • Homework: Double negatives and Inference quiz (1/13AH) (1/17FG) • Objective: SWBAT listen to the speaker in order to ask appropriate questions and add relevant comments. • Drill: Read the sentence.. Then choose the answer in which the underlined word is used in the same way. Explain your answer.Before you choose to do business with a bank, you should make sure it has a sound reputation. • In which sentence does the word sound mean the same as in the sentence above? • Although the house is old, it has a sound foundation and an excellent roof. • We should sound out our teacher before we decide on a topic for our report. • I was startled out of a sound sleep by bright lightning and a crash of thunder. • The emergency crews will sound the alarm if the floodwaters rise any higher • Hint: Try using a synonym for the word sound in each sentence. • Answer: A

  41. Drill 28(1/10H)(1/11AFG) • Take out double negative handout • Homework: Annotate Assessment Review Packet Due (1/13AH)(1/17 FG) and Inference quiz (1/13AH) (1/17FG) • English Quarterly 1/19 Social Studies and Science 1/20 • Objective: SWBAT use RAFTS in order to understand a writing prompt. • Drill: What does RAFTS stand for? Use your notes to help you.

  42. Drill 29(1/12AFH)(1/13G) • Homework: Annotate Assessment Review Packet Due (1/13AH)(1/17 FG) and Inference quiz (1/13AH) (1/17FG) • Objective: SWBAT use prewriting and drafting strategies to successfully complete the assessment ECR. • Drill: Clear off your desk of everything except a piece of paper and a pencil. Put a proper heading on the paper.

  43. Drill 30(1/13AH)((1/17FG) • Homework: Review for assessment 1/19 / children’s book • Objective: SWBAT complete a review packet in order to prepare for the quarterly assessment. • Drill: Read the sentence. Then choose the answer in which the underlined word is used in the same way. Explain your answer.Susan lodged with her grandparents during her first year of college. • In which sentence does the word lodged mean the same as in the sentence above? • A splinter lodged in Ann's foot when she stepped on an old board. • Our family lodged at a fishing camp during our trip to the seacoast. • Mr. Ames lodged a complaint with the city about the overgrown lot. • The archer aimed carefully and lodged an arrow in the distant target. • Hint: Think of a synonym for the word lodged in the first sentence and try that synonym in each of the answer sentences.

  44. Drill 31(1/17H)(1/18AFG) • Take out any extra credit and your review packet • Homework:Assessment 1/19/ children’s book • Objective: SWBAT answer questions about conventions and usage in order to review for the quarterly assessment. • Drill: Revise the following sentences for modifier placement. • Wrapped in aluminum foil, we placed the potatoes into the hot ashes. • Mrs. Jackson gives away the vegetables to her neighbors that she grows in her garden.

  45. Drill 32(1/19FH) • Take out all your outlines, notes and drafts for the flowers for Algernon essay. • Homework: Children’s book • Objective: SWBAT compose written presentations that effectively argue a point. • Drill: How do you think you did on the assessment?

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